Central release
Score from the central release area.
SILO CAMPBALL / RULES
Rules
Find your feet.
Understand the game.
Build your formation. Open the field. Make your move.
Start with the essentials of modern civil Campball.
01 / THE BASICS
A field. Two teams.
More than one way to score.
100 × 48 mFull-size field
12 → 15Active players per team
4 × 20Minute periods
Non-contactFlag defence
Campball combines an opening relay, formation building and a contest for space. Carry, throw, roll, bounce or rebound the ordinary ball to progress. Open play is hand-led; feet are reserved for designated plays.
02 / HOW PLAY UNFOLDS
Earn the advantage.
Then open the game.
Race for advantage
Four runners build a live relay line. The winning team earns the first point, first possession and an opening player advantage.
Enter The Fray
When the whole ball enters The Fray, both holding lines drop and the centre opens into a scramble for control.
Occupy four
Each Attack Strip has four Camps. Occupy all four simultaneously to unlock the route ahead. Keep at least one attacker behind to keep the chain live.
Bring in reinforcements
Teams build from 12 towards 15 active players: 13 at the second flag, 14 at the camp-side line and 15 at the fray-side line.
Choose your finish
Work towards a legal release or a controlled breach of the Camp. A Campball steal creates a different challenge: complete the return route to your own Camp.
03 / SCORING
Every route has its reward.
Ordinary scoring depends on the legal release area or a controlled breach. The separate Campball offers a return challenge.
Open release
Score from the open release area.
Corner release
Score from the corner release area.
Controlled breach
Carry the whole ordinary ball through the Camp under control.
Campball return
Bring the opposition Campball through every adjacent area and breach your own Camp with the whole ball.
Lifting the opposition Campball from its pedestal inside the Barbican scores nothing on its own. Complete the return to earn the points.
AFTER AN ORDINARY SCORE
The Gate Kick
Two attackers face the Gatekeeper in the camp-side Guard Strip with 10 seconds to play. Use feet and lower legs to pass, set or volley. The final kick must leave the foot before time expires.
1 point over the crossbar.
2 points through the Camp underneath.
A DESIGNATED PENALTY PLAY
The Penalty Raid
Three attackers face the Gatekeeper and one nominated Camp Guard with 30 seconds to score. Carry, pass, roll or bounce for the ordinary 1–4 points.
A flagged attacker leaves the raid. The Campball is out of play.
04 / FLAG DEFENCE
Challenge the play.
Respect the player.
Players wear two detachable hip flags. Defence is a clean flag pull, without body contact.
The order matters.
Release first: the ball stays live.
Flag first: the controlled attempt stops.
Read the code of conduct →Safeguarding & welfare →05 / RULES & RESOURCES
From first look to full understanding.
The essentials above are a starting point. These resources will give players, clubs and officials the detail they need.
Complete Laws of Play
The full match rules, roles, restarts, infringements, officiating and procedures for deciding a tied score.
Field specifications
Full-size dimensions and markings, plus smaller-size options for local club grounds, with any rule variations clearly identified.
Animated plays
Step-by-step explanations of the relay, field progression, flag defence, scoring and Campball returns.
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